Frank Oliver | |
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| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office April 8, 1905 – October 6, 1911 | |
| Preceded by | Clifford Sifton |
| Succeeded by | Robert Rogers |
| Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs | |
| In office April 8, 1905 – October 6, 1911 | |
| Preceded by | Wilfrid Laurier |
| Succeeded by | Robert Rogers |
| Member of Parliament for Alberta (provisional district) | |
| In office June 23, 1896 – November 2, 1904 | |
| Preceded by | Donald Watson Davis |
| Succeeded by | John Herron |
| Member of Parliament for Edmonton | |
| In office November 3, 1904 – December 16, 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Created |
| Succeeded by | Abolished |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Northwest Territories for Edmonton | |
| In office May 29, 1883 – January 1, 1885 | |
| In office 1888 – May 1896 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Francis Robert Oliver Bowsfield September 1, 1853 Peel County, Canada West |
| Died | March 31, 1933 (aged 79) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Relatives | Parents Allan Bowsfield and Hannah (Anna) Lundy |
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Francis Oliver PC (born Francis Robert Oliver Bowsfield;[1] September 1, 1853 – March 31, 1933) was a Canadian federal minister, politician, and journalist/publisher from the Northwest Territories and later Alberta. As Minister of the Interior, he was responsible for discriminatory Canadian government policies that targeted First Nations' land rights and Black immigration.
- ^ Berton, Pierre (10 August 2011). The Promised Land: Settling the West 1896-1914. Doubleday Canada. ISBN 9780385673662 – via Google Books.